Tomorrow sees the start of the new season and the 14th edition of the Federations League.
Who will succeed Portugal, who beat Iceland in the final of the 13th edition?

The rules for this year's competition remain the same as those for the last edition.
There will be 16 qualifiers at the end of the 1st phase.

However, a clarification has been made to the rules to avoid the disruptions that occurred during the 13th edition:
The deadline for the 4 first-phase matches is Sunday 29 March.
The list of qualifiers will be published on Monday 30 March.
Any federation that has played or scheduled more than 4 matches will not be included, nor will any federation that has played fewer than 4 matches but has scheduled a match after 29 March.
Clearly, if you wish to take part in the 2nd phase of the competition, do not start any matches after 29 March and wait for the manual scheduling (there will be no right of way).

The competition kicks off this evening with 5 matches already on the programme
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Good luck to everyone in what promises to be, as always, a highly competitive competition.

We have entered the second half of the 1st phase of the competition.
This is an opportunity to take stock of the (very temporary) situation of the potential qualifiers.

Remember, to qualify, you must not:
1°) take part in a parallel competition
2°) have played more than 4 matches on 29 March
3°) have scheduled a match after 29 March, even if you played fewer than 4 matches.
The final rankings will be published on Monday 30 March and will only include federations with an empty calendar for the rest of the season.
4°) this competition is optional and federations that do not wish to appear in the final ranking can let me know and I will remove them.

1 Chad 9 pts 10-2 3 matches
2 Iceland 6 pts 7-0 2 matches
3 Tuvalu 6 pts 7-1 2 matches
4 Colombia 6 pts 6-0 2 matches
5 South Africa 6 pts 5-1 2 matches
6 Iraq 6 pts 5-0 2 matches
ex Slovakia 6 pts 5-0 2 matches
8 Trinidad and Tobago 6 pts 4-0 2 matches
9 Kazakhstan 6 pts 4-1 2 matches
10 Georgia 6 pts 5-3 3 matches
11 Panama 6 pts 3-1 2 matches
12 Austria 6 pts 2-0 2 matches
ex Romania 6 pts 2-0 2 matches
14 Australia 5 pts 4-1 3 matches
15 Oman 5 pts 3-2 3 matches
16 Bolivia 5 pts 1-0 3 matches

Good luck to all (and ..... to those chasing them!) in the final sprint.